Bennett Company Changes Management

f)ALPH E. BE\\ETT & Associales Inc.

I\ huu" come under nen managemenl through the purchase of controlling in. terest by John Eells and Don R. JacobsonJohn Eell-", {ormer director of architectural sales for flnited States Plvwood Corp. in -\eu York Citv rras. for more than ten years. active in the Lo,. Angeles market in the sales of architectural doors and plywood.

Don Jacobson, former vice president o{ Kraftile Company, is well known in the sales area of masonry products, and is well acquainted with the architectural pro{ession. He recently servcd as president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Producers' Council.

lialph E. Bennett & Associates, Inc. is located at 7237 Crider Ave.. Pico Rivera. where their principal business is the sales and di-.tributicn o{ rvood {oldine doors. lrarlitions and wt,od rrindows, as manrrfa,.turt:d by the Rol,screcn Company of Pella. Iowa.

"Mr. Bennett has built a solid comDanv which rrill serre as a basis for r"asorial,le and orderly grorvth in this great market," said John Eells. "We are sure that lhe employment of sound business procedures and good communications will permit us to expand our sales rapidly."

In addition to a complete list of Pella products, the company is also distributor for Conductile, a grounded floor tile {or hospitals and industrial installationsT marrufactured by the Vinyl Plastics Institute of Sheboygan, Wisconsin; and library stacks and shelves, as manufactured b1 GlobeWernicke of Cincinnati, Ohio.

The company will employ four salesmen throughout the greater Los Angeles area, and will serve sub-distributors in Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Bakersfield and Las Vegas.

Bennett will remain in a consulting capacity and as chairman of the board.